The rebel (M23) group is expected to fully withdraw from key areas in eastern DR Congo’s Nord Kivu province. Troops from the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) will take over areas surrendered by the rebels, whose resurgence in late 2021 has killed hundreds and displaced hundreds of thousands. Scientists from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) say they have found an invasive exotic freshwater snail which is not only decimating rice paddies, it's also putting people at risk of catching a strain of meningitis. The snail is believed to have arrived in the country in 2020 from South America Sierra-Leonean fashion designer Sheila Winston-Martin tells us about her beautiful garments made of traditional Krio fabrics from her native Sierra Leone.